Skirt marker



Feb. l, 1955 H. A. REICH SKIRT MARKER Filed July 19, 1952 .M f M m, m M gkwww/M @fw/ Tw, f .i y im United States Patent O SKIRT MARKER Harold A. Reich, New York, N. Y.

Application July 19, 1952, Serial No. 299,843

9 Claims. (Cl. 33-9) The invention which is here disclosed relates to skirt markers of the type covered in Patent No. 2,602,999 issued July 15, 1952, and in copending patent application Serial No. 281,829, tiled April 11, 1952, now Patent No. 2,664,633, issued January 15, 1954, wherein the adjustable gaging element is carried by a U-shaped loop of self-straightening, concave-convex cross section tape conlined in an upright stand or easing and free to be dravln up through the top of the casing to the desired heig t.

Objects of the present invention are to improve on such constructions, particularly to reinforce and stiften the upwardly extending portion of the flexible tape and to equip it with means which may be used for marking the skirt in any of the ways with which people are familiar, for instance with pinsy or chalk or with powder.

Special objects of the invention are to provide the device in a small, light, portable but stable form which can be quickly and easily adjusted and which can be used and operated by one person.

Also, it is an object of the invention to provide the device in a simple, inexpensive, attractive appearing form.

Other desirable objects attained by the invention and the novel features of construction and combination through which the purposes of the invention are attained, are set forth or will appear in the course of the following specification.

The drawing accompanying and forming part of the specification illustrates present practical embodiments of the invention but other changes and modifications may be made, all within the true intent and scope of the invention as hereinafter defined and claimed.

Fig. 1 in the drawing is a vertical sectional view of one of the skirt markers, with broken lines showing how the holder portion of the device may be pulled open to admit the skirt material;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken on substantially the plane of line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a front view of the device;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged plan view showing a piece of skirt material in section, clamped between the arcuate holding members and a marking pin passed through the fold of material caught by such members;

Figs. 5 and 6 are broken detail views of the rigid inner member and the flexible outer member constituting the skirt holding clamp;

Fig. 7 is a similar view showing a powder containing marking capsule attached to the upper end of the flexible gage member;

Fig. 8 is an enlarged vertical sectional view on substantially the plane of line 8 8 of Fig. 7.

As shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the device consists generally of an upright stand made up of a tubular casing 10 seated at the lower end in a base 11 and containing a loop of concavo-convex, self-straightening tape 12 anchored to the casing at one end, at 13, and projecting at the opposite end up through the top of the casing and carrying a gage or marker element 14.

A special feature is the reinforcement and stiffening of the upwardly projecting end section of the tape by a stiff, rigid strip 15 riveted or otherwise attached to the tape, at 16, at a point suiciently below the end to permit the flexible tape to be freely pulled outwardly away from the stiffening strip.

The strip 15, as shown in Fig. 1, is disposed at the inner side of the tape, and it is shown as carrying a gage 2,700,824 Patented Feb. l, 1955 or marker element 17 in back of and projecting above the front marker element 14.

The companion marker members 14 and 17 may be of arcuate shape, as indicated, and the spring of the strip 12 causes that to normally stand in the closed relation shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4.

In such relation, with the skirt material gripped between the same, a piece of chalk or other marking medium such as indicated at 18, Fig. l, may be run along the upper straight edge of the outer gage member 14 to apply a mark to the material. In this action the higher gage member 17 serves as a backing supporting the cloth against the pressure of the chalk.

The outer clamp member 14 is shown as having an inwardly extended rib 19 positioned to enter a notch 20 in the inner member 17, thus to push a fold 21 of the skirt material 22, Fig. 4, through the notch, in position for passage of a pin 23 aligned over the upper edge of the outer member.

For marking with powder a perforated powder capsule such as shown at 24, Figs. 7 and 8, may be secured over the edge of the outer member 14 as by spring hairpin clips 25.

'Ihus the usual methods of marking by chalk, pins or powder may be employed, as preferred.

To fully brace and support the tape 12 and backing strip 15, a guide sleeve 26 is shown telescopically engaged in the upright stand or casing 10, having longitudinal grooves 27, 28, in opposite sides of the same accommodating the opposite sides of the U-shaped loop of the tape andy having a top 29 extended over the top of the casing and provided with a passage 30 therein, in line with the groove 28 and serving as a guide for the projecting portion of the tape 12 and its backing strip 15.

The sleeve 26 is freely adjustable vertically in the cas ing independently of or with the tape, so that it may be set in any position best adapted to the skirt marking operation. The guide slot 30 serves to confine the flexible tape against the backing strip 15 and so may be used as a means for holding the clamp members 14, 17, closed over the skirt material.

On the other hand, if it is desired to freely open the holding clamp for the material, the sleeve 26 may be lowered in the casing to leave the projecting portion of the tape free of the confinement of the guide slot 30.

After adjusting the tape 12 and the guiding and supporting sleeve 26 to the desired height, these parts may be secured in the adjusted relation by a set-screw 31 .mounted in the side of the stand, in position to apply clamping pressure to the tape 12, the stiffening strip 15 at the back of the tape and the side of the sleeve at the back of the strip.

To enable one person to use the device, special means are provided for pulling the upper end of the flexible tape away from the rigid back piece to open the clamp, this being shown as a pull-cord 32 attached to the upper end portion of the tape and extended therefrom downward through the guiding hook or ring 33 on the outer edge of the base, far enough olf to the side to enable pull on the upper reach of the cord to readily draw the marker or gage on the upper end of the tape away from the relatively stationary gage element. Then, on releasing the cord the tape will spring back to close the clamp lon the skirt goods, holding the material for marking by chalk or insertion of pins, or for the powdering accomplished by the powder capsule-Figs. 7 and 8.

In the latter instance the llexible tape may be snapped back and forth a few times to insure adequate marking.

What is claimed is:

l. A skirt marker comprising an upright stand, a guide vertically slidable on said stand and a length of selfstraightening, eoncavo-convex cross section tape in the form of a U-shaped loop confined in said stand and anchored at one end and having the opposite end extending upwardly through said guide and provided at the top with a skirt marking gage, said guide being in the form of an elongated sleeve slidable in the stand within said U-shaped loop of tape and having a guide slot at the top of the same through which the extended portion of the tape slidably projects and whereby said tape and said vertically slidable guide may be independently vertically adjusted in the upright stand.

2. A skirt marker comprising an upright stand, a guide vertically slidable on said stand and a length of selfstraightening, concavo-convex cross section tape in the form of a U-shaped loop confined in said stand and anchored at one end and having the opposite end extending upwardly through said guide and provided at the top with a skirt marking gage, said guide being in the form of an elongated sleeve slidable in the stand within said U-shaped loop of tape and having a guide slot at the top of the same through which the extended portion of the tape slidably projects and whereby said tape and said vertically slidable guide may be independently vertically adjusted in the upright stand, said sleeve having guide grooves in the opposite sides of the same opposed to adjoining walls of the stand and in which opposite sides of the loop are guided.

3. A skirt marker comprising an upright stand, a guide vertically slidable on said stand and a length of selfstraightening, concavo-convex cross section tape in the form of a U-shaped loop confined in said stand and anchored at one end and having the opposite end extending upwardly through said guide and provided at the top with a skirt marking gage, said guide being in the form of a sleeve slidable in the stand within said U-shaped loop of tape and having a guide slot at the top of the same through which the extended portion of the tape projects, and a rigid backing strip extending through said guide slot and attached at its lower end to the tape below the guide slot.

4. A skirt marker comprising an upright stand, a guide vertically slidable on said stand and a length of selfstraightening, concave-convex cross section tape in the form of a U-shaped loop confined in said stand and anchored at one end and having the opposite end extending upwardly through said guide and provided at the top with a skirt marking gage, and a rigid reinforcing strip in back of the upper portion of said tape and attached to the tape at its lower end, leaving the upper end portion of the tape carrying the gage element free to be withdrawn from the upper end of the reinforcing strip.

5. A skirt marker comprising an upright stand, a guide vertically slidable on said stand and a length of selfstraightening, concave-convex cross section tape in the form of a U-shaped loop confined in said stand and anchored at one end and having the opposite end extending upwardly through said guide and provided at the top with a skirt marking gage, a rigid reinforcing strip in back of the upper portion of said tape and attached to the tape at its lower end, leaving the upper end portion of the tape carrying the gage element free to be withdrawn from the upper end of the reinforcing strip, and a gage element on the upper end of the reinforcing strip cooperative with the gage element on the upper end of the flexible tape to constitute a skirt material clamp.

6. A skirt marker comprising an upright stand, a guide vertically slidable on said stand and a' length of selfstraightening, concavo-convex cross section tape in the form of a U-shaped loop confined in said stand and anchored at one end and having the opposite end extending CIK upwardly through said guide and provided at the top with a skirt marking gage, a rigid reinforcing strip in back of the upper portion of said tape and attached to the tape at its lower end, leaving the upper end portion of the tape carrying the gage element free to be withdrawn from the upper end of the reinforcing strip, and means connected with the upper end of the tape for bending the upper end portion of the tape away from the upper end of the rigid reinforcing strip to admit skirt material therebetween.

7. A skirt marker comprising an upright stand, a guide vertically slidable on said stand and a length of selfstraightening, concave-convex cross section tape in the form of a U-shaped loop confined in said stand and anchored at one end and having the opposite end extending upwardly through said guide and provided at the top with a skirt marking gage, a rigid reinforcing strip in back of the upper portion of said tape and attached to the tape at its lower end, leaving the upper end portion of the tape carrying the gage element free to be withdrawn from the upper end of the reinforcing strip and means for pulling the tape away from the strip including a pull-cord attached to the upper free end portion of the tape.

8. A skirt marker comprising oversliding engaged, upright, inner, intermediate and outer members, the outer member being a stationary tubular stand in which the other two members are vertically adjustable, a skirt marker element carried by the inner member and a U-shaped loop of flexible, self-straightening tape secured at one end to the outer tubular stand member and having the upper end portion extending up between two of the members and attached, below its upper end, to the inner member and carrying at its upper end a skirt marker clement cooperable with the first mentioned skirt marker element.

9. A skirt marker comprising oversliding engaged, upright, inner, intermediate and outer members, the outer member being a stationary tubular stand in which the other two members are vertically adjustable, a skirt marker element carried by the inner member and a U-shaped loop of iiexible, self-straightening tape secured at one end to the outer tubular stand member and having the upper end portion extending up between two of the members and attached, below its upper end, to the inner member and carrying at its upper end a skirt marker element cooperable with the irst mentioned skirt marker element, and means for drawing the upper end portion of the exible tape away from said inner member to admit material to be marked between the skirt marking elements.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 851,642 Beere Apr. 30, 1907 1,200,727 Hogan Oct. 10, 1916 1,294,117 Kottman Feb. 11, 1919 1,979,789 Barrett NOV. 6, 1934 2,145,038 Benton Jan. 24, 1939 2,196,145 Stanziale Apr. 2, 1940 2,299,659 Smith Oct. 20, 1942 2,602,999 Reich July 15, 1952 

